“The patient was taken onboard our sea rescue craft and CPR continued until we reached our sea rescue base in St francis Bay where waiting Private care ambulance services, EC Government Health EMS paramedics and our sea rescue station doctor continued with advanced life support CPR. But after all efforts to resuscitate the man were exhausted on-scene the fisherman was declared deceased by paramedics.

“The body of the man has been handed into the care of the Forensic Pathology services and Police have opened an inquest docket.”